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Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An ancient instrument of torture.

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.

Brake :: Brake (n.) A thicket; a place overgrown with shrubs and brambles, with undergrowth and ferns, or with canes..

Gripe :: Gripe (n.) A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn..

Barleybrake :: Barleybrake (n.) Alt. of Barleybrea.

Breakman :: Breakman (n.) See Brakeman.

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing him; also, an inclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc..

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses..

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An extended handle by means of which a number of men can unite in working a pump, as in a fire engine..

Involucre :: Involucre (n.) A continuous marginal covering of sporangia, in certain ferns, as in the common brake, or the cup-shaped processes of the filmy ferns..

Convoy :: Convoy (n.) A drag or brake applied to the wheels of a carriage, to check their velocity in going down a hill..

Braky :: Braky (a.) Full of brakes; abounding with brambles, shrubs, or ferns; rough; thorny..

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A baker's kneading though.

Canebrake :: Canebrake (n.) A thicket of canes.

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A sharp bit or snaffle.

Brakeman :: Brakeman (n.) A man in charge of a brake or brakes.

Brakeman :: Brakeman (n.) The man in charge of the winding (or hoisting) engine for a mine.

Brake :: Brake () imp. of Break.

Caboose :: Caboose (n.) A car used on freight or construction trains for brakemen, workmen, etc.; a tool car..

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